Inside Out East - 15/02/2010

Phillipa Faulks lives a lonely life, isolated by her hearing disability. She damaged her hearing as a teenager when she was a regular at loud punk rock concerts. She recalls that leaving with your ears ringing was a badge of honour. Phillipa's damage was done in the 1980s, but little seems to have happened since then to prevent others from damaging their hearing. David Whiteley, with the help of a leading audiologist, sets out to discover if sound levels in pubs and clubs are still too high. Richard Daniel explores the history and spread of Chinese Deer in eastern England. More than 100 years ago species of exotic deer were brought to Woburn in Bedfordshire. Some escaped, others were released and are now established in many parts of England, especially the East. The most successful are the Muntjac and the Chinese Water Deer. Both are small - about the size of a Labrador dog. One could destroy parts of our countryside, the other could depend on our countryside for its survival. There are 50,000 social workers in England. Half of them work with children and families, but what do they do and why do people want to be social workers? We spend two months following a team from Cambridgeshire social services as they help vulnerable teenagers on their first steps to living independently.